consecutive keyPress behavior

[akoskm]

Consecutive keypress of the same key combination doesn't seem to have the same effect. I have something like this in my test:

await t.debug();
await t.pressKey('meta+Z');
await t.pressKey('meta+Z');
await t.pressKey('meta+Z');

and the following menu structure in my application menu:

        {
          id: 'undo',
          label: 'Undo',
          accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+Z',
          enabled: false,
          click: () => {
            this.mainWindow.webContents.send('undo-request');
          },
        },

Here's what happens when I run the test:

• when the debugger stops at debug() I step over to the first pressKey
• execute pressKey
• menu click callback triggers, undo does what it should (See the screencast, 81 in the input is undone and it's set to 0)
• I click "Next Action"
• nothing happens (should undo the input of 71 and set it to 0)

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3111627/118359075-09386980-b582-11eb-91e1-9b27a3505e91.mov

While paused at this point, if I press the key combination Cmd+Z on my keyboard, it executes the Undo command as it should.

[Farfurix]

@akoskm

Hello,

We need to examine your "undo" logic in some example. Could you please share it with us? Also, make sure you are using the latest TestCafe version (1.14.2).

[akoskm]

While I'm working on that, here's what happens in the app when I hit Cmd+Z:

        {
          id: 'undo',
          label: 'Undo',
          accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+Z',
          enabled: false,
          click: () => {
            this.mainWindow.webContents.send('undo-request');
          },
        },

then this undo-request is captured in my renderer:

    const handleUndoRequest = () => {
      if (!backstageVisible) {
        canvas?.getCommandStack().undo();
        ipcRenderer.send('command-stack-action', getCommandStackState());
      }
    };
    ipcRenderer.on('undo-request', handleUndoRequest);

fun fact: while paused in the TestCafe debugger, if I hit Cmd+Z on my keyboard, Undo works.

Another fun fact: I tried hitting Cmd+Z while having a text field in focus. The first Cmd+Z did what it supposed to do, the second Cmd+Z entered the letter Z in the input, and the third Cmd+Z entered another Z in the input. 🤔

It seems to me like the meta modifier is active during the first keypress.

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[akoskm]

Please reopen this, this is still an issue.

Looking at https://github.com/DevExpress/testcafe-browser-provider-electron/issues/23, are shortcuts even supported with this plugin?

I can provide you more details and send private gists.

[akoskm]

Big update on this:

when I go to the app's native menu and click Undo/Redo it triggers the correct function in my applications.

I did another test. Consider this simple keypress logger:

http://jsfiddle.net/3Lkujw71/5/

I put the same code in my electron app and here's how it turned out:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3111627/122672193-8a5ece00-d1ca-11eb-8db7-7d45b8b13907.mov

they Key* logs that you see are generated while I had the testcafe in "unlocked" state and I hit some keys. What you see on the video is when I'm stepping through testcafe instructions that simulate a certain keypress. When this happens my event logger prints an "" code to the console while the keyCode is 122.

[VasilyStrelyaev]

Thank you for the additional details. I reproduced the behavior you described. The e.code parameter is empty because TestCafe does not currently emulate it. Thus, this issue duplicates the https://github.com/DevExpress/testcafe/issues/3146 feature request, so I'm closing it.

[akoskm]

@VasilyStrelyaev thanks for the feedback! It seems to be a long-standing feature request. Is this something missing from TestCafe or this plugin?

[Farfurix]

@akoskm

Hello,

This is a TestCafe issue. We will examine your usage scenario while fixing the original TestCafe automation issue.

[akoskm]

Thanks, @Farfurix this is awesome!

I subscribed to that issue!